Instructional Objectives for this activity:
Distinguish between the three phases of an interrogation.
The overall key to a successful police interrogation is patience and the ability to communicate well during the interrogation.
For this individual work assignment, apply the tactics and skills you have learned to a real interrogation.
Watch two of the included YouTube.com videos that depict an interrogation.
-CBS News: "Dangerous Liaisons"
-CBS Web Extra: "Police Interview"
-CBS: "Nathan's Interrogation"
-AP Raw Video: "Jurors See Teen Murder Confession"
-Jeremiah Valentine interrogation - Police provided video
-CBS: Police Interrogation: Robert Springsteen
-CBS: Laura Hall Interrogation
Write a 2-3-page paper (300-400 words) summarizing the interrogations and identify and define one or more of the various phases. Critique the investigation. Detail what the investigator did right or what they may have done wrong during the interview based on your understanding of the process.